John Grant Quotes

Icelanders love to speak English. Their English is a joy to hear because of how colloquial and idiomatic it is, but they appreciate your efforts with Icelandic.

John Grant

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LoveJoySpeakAppreciateEnglish

Frank was the BOSS and was not open to anything that was not from his head. There were no arguments about music because if you did, he would show you where the door was. Period.

Jimmy Carl Black

MusicBossDoorYouHeadAnything

The argument for '12 Years a Slave' was that - yes, it's a beautiful film. Beautifully shot, beautifully acted. It's a real story, and these stories should be told. The problem is, if they're the only stories being told, then it makes Americans of African descent - it puts them into that victim category. And that was my problem with the movie.

Joe Morton

BeautifulStoryProblemArgumentYes

Obviously, South Africa is our most important market, but we are also gradually increasing our presence throughout East and West as well as North Africa. It is a continent with a lot of potential which we plan to tap into.

Jochen Zeitz

PotentialPlanImportantAfricaWest

I have a lot of fun with guns, especially the M-16, but my favourite is my little .22. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand. I do limit myself to blanks.

Jeri Ryan

MyselfFunHandPalmLimitGuns

When the campaign ends, and you are home, the alarm clock is the same, but you don't know where to start after it goes off: expense reports, new stories, the crusted paint cans that have to go to the hazardous-waste disposal site, the wiper blade on the Honda that has gone droopy.

John Dickerson

HomeStartYouGoNewKnow

But successful investors tend to be not too self-destructive. They tend to be patient, they tend not to follow the crowd, and they tend not to be too guilty about winning.

Andrew Tobias

WinningGuiltyFollowBe PatientToo

I've never heard Donald Trump say that he watches 'House of Cards,' but I'd be really shocked if he didn't because he appears to be copying Frank more than we're copying the current administration.

Michael Kelly

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Music is everywhere - you consume it every day, everywhere you go. The content creator should be compensated. It's only fair.

Jay-Z

MusicDayYouEvery DayGoFair

It is not just shameful for a contemporary American poet to use rhymes, it is unthinkable. It seems banal to him; he fears banality worse than anything, and therefore, he uses free verse - though free verse is no guarantee against banality.

Joseph Brodsky

FreeAmericanHimAnythingPoet

I've had a lot of therapy in my life.

Donna Lynne Champlin

LifeMy LifeTherapyLotHad

I'm happy to work with Democrats. After all, they have to represent their districts just as I have to represent mine.

David Valadao

WorkHappyDemocratsMineJust

You can't rely on your defence to win a World Cup.

Brian O'Driscoll

WinWorldYouCupYourWorld Cup

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